Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last days.
If it’s news to me, it must be news to you!‘

I’m not sure how I found time to compile my weekly round-up as I’ve been overdosing on sport what with the rugby in South Africa, the one-day cricket series against Australia and, of course, the World Cup.

It made me wonder whose bright idea it was to introduce national anthems and of course it was us with God Save the Queen in 1745. However, the oldest belongs to Poland – Bogurodzica (Mother of God) was written sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries.

Pie in the sky: Schoolchildren in Derbyshire have launched a Bakewell tart into space this week as part of a science project but sadly it has gone missing because its tracker has failed.

Say ‘pie-do’: Villa Italian Kitchen in New York is offering an alternative to the traditional floral bouquet with one made out of pizza.

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At the risk of being pilloried once again by the self-appointed guardian of morality and wisdom – Old Pa Rowley, I will just say that the new Cristiano Ronaldo bust is almost as laughable as the first one. There’s something quite eerie about the new bust – like a throwback to Germany or Italy in the 1930’s. In my view Cristiano Ronaldo is the best footballer the world has ever seen and if Madeira insists upon having a statue or bust of him at their airport they should ensure that it is made by a sculptor who really knows what he or she is doing.